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Needs versus Expediency: Poverty Reduction and Social Development in Post-conflict CountriesConflict depletes all forms of human and social capital, as well as supporting institutions. The scale of the human damage can overwhelm public action, as there are many competing priorities and resources are often insufficient...
Economic development Education National securityJournal Article
The economics of counterinsurgency: Some evidence from Andhra PradeshPresent in India since the 1960s, the Naxalite insurgency has steadily spread across the country...
Conflict management Construction industries CreditJournal Article
The Economic Legacy of Civil War: Firm-level Evidence from Sierra LeonePart of Journal Special Issue Entrepreneurship and Conflict
Economic development Econometric models (Economic development) EntrepreneurshipWorking Paper
Predicting Violence within Genocides: Meso-level Evidence from RwandaCan we predict when and where violence will break out within cases of genocide?...
Conflict management National security Social conflictBook Chapter
Fragility and Conflict in Palestine: The Costs of the Closures Regime on West Bank and GazaFrom the book: Fragile States
Conflict management Economic development National securityWorking Paper
The Economic Legacy of Civil War: Firm Level Evidence from Sierra LeoneThis paper positions itself among the very rare microeconomic analyses on the consequences of civil war. Up to now, most analyses on this topic are based upon household surveys...
Economic development Econometric models (Economic development) EntrepreneurshipWorking Paper
How Production Firms Adapt to War: The Case of LiberiaHow do production firms adapt to civil war? The answer to this question will inform the potential for economic development during and after conflict. Many businesses survive violent conflict, and in some cases even thrive...
Industrial management Industrial policy National securityBook Chapter
The Coherence of Democratic Peace BuildingFrom the book: Making Peace Work
Conflict management Democratization National securityBook Chapter
Entrepreneurship, Post-ConflictFrom the book: Making Peace Work
Economic development Entrepreneurship National securityWorking Paper
Peace, Prosperity, and Pro-Growth EntrepreneurshipSupport for entrepreneurship is widely seen as a mechanism to facilitate prosperity and peace in a growing number of post-conflict states. In this paper I critically evaluate this view...
Economic development Entrepreneurship National securityBook Chapter
Indivisibility, Fairness, Farsightedness and their Implications for SecurityFrom the book: Advancing Development
Conflict management Economic development National securityWorking Paper
The Coherence of Democratic Peace-BuildingRecent attention has focused on the difficulties of establishing ‘coherence’ between humanitarian relief aid in complex emergencies and the objective of ending violent conflict...
Conflict management Democratization National securityWorking Paper
Indivisibility, Fairness, Farsightedness and their Implications for SecurityThis paper is concerned with the problems of achieving lasting peace. One dimension includes fairly sharing the post-war economic and political pie or the peace dividend. This requires post-war allocations that are envy free...
Conflict management Economic development National securityJournal Special Issue
Conflict and Peace-building: Interactions between Politics and EconomicsReconstruction from conflict is a complex and demanding task, and a major challenge for the UN system as well as the wider donor community...
Conflict management Economic development National securityBook Chapter
The Impact of Asylum on Receiving CountriesFrom the book: Poverty, International Migration and Asylum
Economic policy Emigration and immigration International relationsPolicy Brief
L'Afrique de la Guerre à la Paix: Garantir l'Avenir des Populations PauvresCe cahier de politique présente une synthèse des résultats d'un projet de l'UNU/WIDER sur la guerre et la reconstruction en Afrique, conduit sous la direction de Tony Addison, et qui viennent d'être publiés dans une étude intitulée From C...
International relations National security Poverty